The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees has reelected Maui Trustee Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey as its chair. All nine members of the board were inducted last week at an investiture ceremony at Kawaiahaʻo Church.
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Six of the nine seats on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees are up for election this year. This includes three at-large seats and one seat each for Oʻahu, Maui, and Hawaiʻi Island. Here’s a brief overview of what to expect.
The six seats up for election this year give Hawaiʻi voters considerable power in charting the future course of this agency and the $600 million trust fund it oversees with the mission of improving the conditions of Native Hawaiians. The future of OHA is built on the story, and the context, of its origins. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.